RSA Conference 2016: Launch Pad for Security Products, Partnerships

With such a large event, there is no shortage of information and activities. We look at some of the companies and products making news at the conference.

At the conference, IBM announced its plans to acquire Resilient Systems. Also at the event, Resilient announced a commercial version of its Incident Response Platform (IRP) aimed at midsize organizations. In addition, Resilient updated its IRP to version 25, providing integration with Symantec DeepSight Threat Intelligence.

Kaspersky Lab announced two new offerings at RSA: the Anti Targeted Attack Platform, which is designed to detect targeted attacks, and Security Intelligence Services (SIS), a set of services, including penetration testing, cyber-security training and threat-intelligence sharing.

Check Point Software introduced its R80 next-generation security management platform at the RSA Conference. The promise of the R80 is improved management of processes, policies and technology.

At RSA 2016, Mimecast is providing a preview of its new service called Impersonation Protection, an extension of the company’s Targeted Threat Protection platform. The goal is to help shield against “whaling” attacks, also known as business email compromises, in which high-level executives are targeted and impersonated in fraud campaigns.

At RSA 2016, BT and Intel Security announced a partnership to create solutions that will help organizations improve security and prevent cyber-attacks. “We are collaborating with Intel to bring together BT’s security intelligence with Intel’s advanced security tools in real time,” Mark Hughes, CEO of BT Security, said in a statement.

Security software and appliance company Untangle debuted its small-form-factor u25 and u25w network security appliances, providing next-generation firewall capabilities for small offices and home offices.

Lockheed Martin is launching Wisdom EDR, an endpoint solution that combines Lockheed Martin threat intelligence with Cybereason’s endpoint detection and response platform.

Bomgar Vault is a new product aimed at helping organizations secure, manage and administer shared credentials.

ForeScout and FireEye announced a partnership to bring together the two companies’ capabilities to help improve visibility and enforcement for security.

At the event, RSA Security introduced the DetectX Engine capability to RSA Security Analytics, adding improved real-time behavior analytics capabilities for security.